The present invention relates to a toy projector and in particular a toy projector with nightlight.
Light projectors have been developed to project light such as on the ceiling and walls of one's home. Some devices have been developed for use in a child's room to provide visual interest and stimulation for a baby and infant.
There is a need for improved light projecting devices for babies, infants and young children.
The present invention is directed to an improved toy projector suitably adapted for use in a baby's or infant's room. The present projector has a dual function allowing the projection of light onto the wall and ceiling, as well as functioning as a nightlight. As a projector, the device can project various shapes on the wall or ceiling of a room and when acting as a nightlight the projector illuminates a surface of the device. In one advantageous form, the present device has an integrated sound machine for playing sounds including music.
The present invention in one form thereof is directed to a toy projector which has a housing and a light projector adapted to project light from the housing. A sheet is associated with the housing to be optionally disposed over the light projector thereby defusing light emitted through its housing and thus allowing the toy projector to function as a nightlight. The sheet is selectively withdrawable from being over the light projector to thereby allow the projection of light from the housing unobstructed by the sheet.
In one advantageous form, the sheet is permanently attached to the housing. For example, in one specific further embodiment, the sheet forms a pocket which is reversibly disposed over the light projector to thereby defuse the light being emitted from the housing when over the projector and the pocket being withdraw from being over the light projector to thereby allow projection of light from the housing unobstructed by the pocket. For example, in one specific form, the pocket is invertible to form a pocket over a front surface of the housing and then withdrawn and inverted to be over a rear surface of the housing.
The present toy projector in one further alternative form may have a pattern formed on the sheet such that the light projector illuminates the pattern of the sheet when disposed over the light projector. Such patterns include but are not limited to raindrops and polka dots.
The toy projector can be in the form of a plush animate structure such as a stuffed animal or alternatively, the housing of the toy projector, can be composed of a substantially rigid housing such as plastic.
In one further alternative form, the toy projector has a speaker for playing music or other sounds.
The present invention will now be described with reference to the Figures.
Referring now to
Disposed within the housing 11 is a light source such as a light bulb or other illuminating device which includes but is not limited to an LED which projects light from inside the housing 11 through the plurality of apertures in the belly 20 to thereby project light in the form of different shapes corresponding to stars 21a, 21b and moons 22a, 22b.
The light source is powered by a suitable power source including batteries or DC power adapter as known in the industry. The batteries may be rechargeable including via a power cord or solar.
Referring now to
The pocket 34 is reversibly/invertibly disposed over the belly 20 as shown in
In one alternative embodiment, instead of the belly 20 being composed of a rigid material with a plurality of apertures therethrough and a light source disposed within the housing 11, the projector may be in the form of a filter or lens in front of a light source disposed within the housing, in which the filter has geometric shapes. The belly can be in the form of a substantially transparent material through which the light source projects geometric shapes images through the substantially transparent belly.
A speaker along with a processor and memory allow sounds and/or music to be played from the toy projector 10. Advantageously, toggle button 50 (
In yet a further alternative form, rather than a plush toy such as lamb 10 and teddy bear 110, the housing 11, 111 can be a substantially rigid material such as being composed of plastic or other suitable material.
Referring now to
It will now be clear to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present toy projector has features and advantages not found in prior devices. The present toy projector both projects images on a wall and ceiling as well as being transformable into a night light using a reversible pocket integrally formed with the toy projector.
One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that additional embodiments are also possible without departing from the teachings of the presently-disclosed subject matter. This detailed description, and particularly the specific details of the exemplary embodiments disclosed herein, is given primarily for clarity of understanding, and no unnecessary limitations are to be understood therefrom, for modifications will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading this disclosure and can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the presently-disclosed subject matter.
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